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45 Cards in this Set
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Which protists were the first to have mitochondria?
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EUGLENOIDS
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Which protists were responsible for "red tides?"
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DINOFLAGELLATES
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What group of protists is considered the direct ancestor of plants?
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CHOLOROPHYTA
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What group of protists is considered the direct ancestor of all animals?
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CHOANOFLAGELLIDA
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What group of protists is used as indicators of oil and geological markers? These protists resemble tiny snails.
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FORAMINIFERA
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What are some statements of support for endosymbiosis?
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-respiration proteins found in folds of mitochondria membrane
-size of organelles similar to size of prokaryotes |
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What characteristic unites all protists?
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not fungi, plant, or animal
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What does the protist form during times when the environment cannot support life?
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CYST
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When does a protist perform sexual reproduction?
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during times of stress
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What types of protists eat food in soluble form?
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OSMOTROPH
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What term describes the point where 2 haploid nuclei coexist in a single cell?
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DIKARYON
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What type of fungi have the greatest surface-area to volume ratio?
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UNICELLULAR FUNGI
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Name the structure on each hyphae that allows it to penetrate land.
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HAUSTORIA
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What substance is found in fungi cell walls?
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CHITIN
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What is the standard subunit of fungi?
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HYPHAE
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What group contains 75% of known fungi, including bread yeasts and common molds?
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ASCOMYCOTA
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Name the term for the symbiosis between fungi and photosynthetic algae.
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LICHEN
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What type of mycorrhizae penetrates the outer cells of plant roots?
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ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE
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What type of mycorrhizae surrounds the plant roots (found in forest trees and orchids)?
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ECTOMYCHORRIZAE
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Name the tpe of plants that feed off of mycorrhizae and are non-photosynthetic.
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EPIPARASITE
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Plants are...
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1. Heteromorphic
2. Eukaryotic 3. Autotrophic 4. Haplodiplontic 5. Multicellular |
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What substance in plants ensures that it stays vertical?
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Lignin.
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Which of the following applies to all bryophytes?
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No conducting vessels.
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In which of the bryophytes does the sporophyte continue to grow (not just for reproduction)?
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ANTHOCEROPHYTA.
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Which bryophyte grows prostrate and uses gemmae for sexual reproduction?
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None.
But Hepaticophyta(liverworts) has these characteristics, except it uses gemmae for ASEXUAL reproduction. |
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Name the reproductive structures on back of ferns.
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SORI.
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What do whisk ferns lack?
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ROOTS, LEAVES, AND SEEDS.
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What are used as pot scrubbers by Native Americans?
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HORSETAILS.
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What does a seed accomplish?
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1. Protects embryo from drought, predator.
2. Increases dispersal. 3. No need for water to reproduce. 4. Pollination through wind, insects, mammals, birds. |
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What is the underground stem called?
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RHIZOME
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What group of gymnosperms produce ephedrine and is most closely related to angiosperms?
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GNETOPHYTA
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How do conifers prevent self-fertilization?
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MALE CONES LOCATED BELOW FEMALE CONES
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Which gymnosperm group has needle-like leaves?
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CONIFEROPHYTA
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What makes male Ginkgo trees smell?
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SEED(CONTAINS BUTYRIC/ISOBUTYRIC ACID)
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Advancements in Angiosperms?
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Flower, broad leaves, fruits
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What structure creates pollen?
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Anther.
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What structure creates eggs?
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GYNOECIUM.
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Characteristic of a dicots?
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1. Parallel veins in leaves
2. Scattered vascular bundles. 3. Monosculate pollen. 4. Floral parts in multiples of 3. |
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Characteristic of a monocots?
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1. Netted veins in leaves
2. Vascular bundles in rings. 3. Tricolpate pollen. 4. Floral parts in multiples of 4, 5. |
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What is the main component of wood?
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xylem
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Which meristems promote primary growth?
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apical meristem
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Name the apical merisstems that replace the main shoot when it is eaten or broken off.
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axillary buds
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What replaces the fatty cutin layer in plants with secondary growth?
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bark
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Name the hairlike growths from the epidermis of plants that can secrete toxic substances to deter herbivores.
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trichomes
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Where on the leaf are stomata mostly found?
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lower epidermis
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